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From your iPod to the Freedom Chair to the Walt Disney Concert Hall, design and architecture shape our world. On DnA: Design and Architecture host Frances Anderton talks to design...
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From your iPod to the Freedom Chair to the Walt Disney Concert Hall, design and architecture shape our world. On DnA: Design and Architecture host Frances Anderton talks to design world leaders about the latest in products fashion graphics architecture and more in Los Angeles and beyond.
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How Bill English helped create the computer mouse, and the effort to change the face of architecture
12 AUG 2020 · California has around 21,000 licensed architects, and 300 of them are Black. SoCalNOMA ( National Organization of Minority Architects ) hopes to change that through its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Challenge . SoCalNOMA President Lance...28m 39s -
City of Santa Monica lets restaurants serve in parking lanes, taking on the primacy of the automobile
3 AUG 2020 · The restaurants on Santa Monica’s Main Street took a huge hit from the COVID-19 shutdown. So the city government, restaurant owners and nearby residents hatched a plan: get rid of parking and give over the space to diners. In doing so, they...18m 13s -
XPRIZE’s $1 million face mask contest, and the link between urban design and immunity
17 JUL 2020 · XPRIZE is offering $1 million to designers of a protective face mask that people will actually want to wear. Also, many buildings and neighborhoods are designed in a way that help cause chronic health conditions like type 2 diabetes and heart...31m 1s -
For an art conservator, it's hard to say goodbye to Confederate statues
25 JUN 2020 · Statues of slave traders and Confederate leaders are being toppled or defaced during protests following the killing of George Floyd. How does that feel to a conservator who has worked on some of them? Andrew Baxter installs and restores sculptures...18m 7s -
How structural racism shaped LA, and what developers can do about it
19 JUN 2020 · Redlining, restrictive covenants, urban renewal, and building freeways through communities of color are all ways Los Angeles was shaped by structural racism. Now gentrification is a challenge. Real estate development consultant Judith Taylor...16m 57s -
Google and Twitter tell staff to keep working from home. What will happen to creative offices?
21 MAY 2020 · Big tech companies have remade the workplace in recent years with creative offices designed to stimulate disruption. Now Google and Twitter are telling employees they can keep on working at home — indefinitely. What does that mean for the...16m 15s -
Can LA be greener, cleaner, slower following COVID-19?
7 MAY 2020 · LA City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell talks about his plan to incentivize telecommuting after stay-at-home orders are lifted and other ideas for a greener, cleaner LA. Also, futurist Liam Young says there’s a path toward a slower pace and deeper...21m 49s -
Coronavirus tests the values of global cities like LA
30 APR 2020 · The pandemic has brought many people pain and anxiety. To Wouter Vanstiphout, a Netherlands-based professor of “design as politics,” it has also brought clarity about the weaknesses in the “shiny global city” and its culture, economy and...17m 46s -
Based on past pandemics, coronavirus will bring changes to buildings and cities
23 APR 2020 · Pandemics can bring about innovation, especially in design and architecture. Sam Lubell talks to DnA about changes that may come to buildings and urban design in response to COVID-19.17m 28s -
Interior designer Kelly Wearstler can help make your home work for you
15 APR 2020 · You are working at home. But is your home working for you? Kelly Wearstler has some tips to improve your interior, at whatever scale.5m 8s
From your iPod to the Freedom Chair to the Walt Disney Concert Hall, design and architecture shape our world. On DnA: Design and Architecture host Frances Anderton talks to design...
show more
From your iPod to the Freedom Chair to the Walt Disney Concert Hall, design and architecture shape our world. On DnA: Design and Architecture host Frances Anderton talks to design world leaders about the latest in products fashion graphics architecture and more in Los Angeles and beyond.
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